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 Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 
One small step for mankind is now a leap for averting natural and man-made disasters on earth. New Tel Aviv University technology combines sophisticated sensors in orbit with sensors on the ground and in the air to create a "Hyperspectral Remote Sensor" (HRS). It can give advance warnings about water contamination after a forest fire, alert authorities of a pollution spill long before a ... read more 
Buckingham, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2009Since its release in March, the new LabSat has already made a mark on the GPS Simulator market, with uptake from a number of large GPS product manufacturers looking for realistic and repeatable testing. Development has continued at the same pace, and Racelogic have now announced a new capability for LabSat in the form of video synchronisation. Using a Racelogic Video VBOX, a GPS data ... more
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Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 17, 2009Rio's favelas are home to a third of the city's population, but are almost invisible on maps -- a situation five young women are trying to change with the help of GPS and the Internet. Rafaela Goncalves da Silva, 21, has lived in the Santa Marta favela, a poor and dangerous slum that was recently the target of a police pacification operation, since she was two years old. She is bringing ... more 
Redlands CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2009Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently signed an order to establish a coordinated strategy within the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) to improve response to climate change. During the press conference announcing the order, DOI staff used ESRI geographic information system (GIS) technology to demonstrate the current and future impacts of global climate change. ... more 
Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 18, 2009Navigating the contours of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be confusing -- even for satellite navigation systems. But soon, if the Israeli army has its way, the Global Positioning System (GPS) will get a lesson in the political complexities of the disputed region. The military has approached the company that makes the maps for the personal navigation devices, asking them to ... more |
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Redlands CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2009The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) recently launched the Virginia Interoperability Picture for Emergency Response (VIPER) using enterprise geographic information system (GIS) software from ESRI. In addition to providing a Web-based common operating picture and analysis tools, VIPER integrates with numerous information systems and links with approximately 250 data feeds. ... more  
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 13, 2009DigitalGlobe's recently launched WorldView-2 satellite provides an unprecedented level of detail and geospatial accuracy for imaging and mapping the Earth's surface. Operating at an altitude of 770 kilometers, WorldView-2 features an advanced onboard imaging system with better than 0.5-meter panoramic resolution and 1.8-meter multispectral resolution and is capable of collecting images of up to ... more 
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2009CSR has introduced the SiRFstarIV GSD4e GPS location processor, the newest member of the recently launched SiRFstarIV architecture, an innovation that promises to redefine the meaning of "location awareness" for mobile devices. Building upon the SiRFstarIV architecture's high-performance and micro-power capabilities, the GSD4e adds a built-in CPU and innovations such as SiRFGeoRecov ... more |
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